across from the
MLK light-rail are now emblazoned with six foot tall, full-color,beautiful designs
and inspirational quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.
Sponsored by Jersey City Redevelopment Agency.
The project showcases artworks by
Ibou Ndoye, Gregory Charles & Mike Markman.

Exquisite Corpse Show at Mana Fine Art which will
definitely be one of the highlights of the tour...it's an amazing group
show! Info below

This weekend, please join us for the highly anticipated 2011 Jersey City Artist Studio Tour! From 12-5pm on Saturday and Sunday, we will be showing an exciting new group exhibition, NEW SKOOL: What Inspires You? From Toulouse-Lautrec to street graffiti, artists examine who and what has influenced the work they are creating today.

Live performance by ANIMAL CRACKAS at the end of Saturday's viewing hours!

Creative Grove:
Live Bait! Eto Otitigbe

What would you risk your neck for? Live Bait! Is a public social sculpture by polymedia artist Eto Otitigbe.
It consists of a set of life-sized rattraps with various kinds of bait. The sculptures will be installed at Creative Grove on the
Grove Street Path plaza from Friday September 30th through Saturday October 1st.
Visitors are encouraged to risk life and limb for a chance at capturing the bait.
JCs independent art scene with the
ever changing music, installations, sounds and performance art sound this week:
Ben Miller, a renowned musician in the field of instrumental avant garde jazz.
artists, artisans, foodies,

Grove Street PATH Plaza on fridays
the best outdoor lounge metro-wide

SoulCollage® demonstration, sign-up for new knitting classes,
or just come to hang out and chat. Arts Intertwined
Fiber arts
128 Chestnut Avenue Jersey City NJ

The Brennan Gallery
“From Across the River” A photography exhibit about 9/11 as seen from the Jersey Side
Photographs by Sandra Swieder
September 27, 2011 – October 14, 2011
Justice William J. Brennan Court House
583 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
201-459-2070
www.visithudson.org

MORA
Museum of Russian Art
80 Grand St. Jersey City, NJ 07302
As a part of Jersey City studio Tour
International Exhibition of Visual Art
Oct. 1st and 2nd from 12 noon until 6pm

Monday, September 26, 2011

What would you risk your neck for? Live Bait! Is a public social sculpture by polymedia artist Eto Otitigbe. It consists of a set of life-sized rattraps with various kinds of bait. The sculptures will be installed on the Grove Street Path plaza with CREATIVE GROVE from Friday September 30th through Saturday October 1st. Visitors are encouraged to risk life and limb for a chance at capturing the bait.

sound this week:
Ben Miller, a renowned musician in the field of instrumental avant garde jazz.
Miller has recently collaborated as sound designer for renowned Poet Anne Carson. NOX was performed in Boston and in Miami with Anne, Robert Currie and Merce Cunningham dancers Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener.
with NYC's Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra "...fully embracing the spectral melodies and otherworldly timbres that emerge in multi-instrument settings...a haunting dissonant swoon like that of battling church organs, or a swarm of bugs." - Village Voice, Christopher Weingarten Aug. 2009

TARIK SULTAN (Egyptian Dance)
Tarik began his formal training in Oriental Dance as a student of Morocco in 1985. Over the years his talent and dedication to the art has earned him a reputation as a dynamic performer, and inspiring teacher and choreographer. He has taught many successful seminars across the nation as well as The UK, Japan, Australia, Trinidad and Argentina.http://tariksultan.com/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tarik-Sultan/107216513154

MONEESHA KAMANI (Kalakshetra Style of Bharatanatyam)
Utsava (Sanskrit meaning festival): Join Moneesha Kamani and students in a bharatanatyam performance and class demonstration by Malachite Arts at Grassroots Community Space on the happy festival of Onam- a harvest celebration in South India. Bharatanatyam, considered a variety of natya (dance) yoga that reveals the spiritual through the physical and emotional body is the most popular and ancient Indian classical dance form in South India. With roots that trace back to 5000 years ago, Bharatanatyam embodies music, movement and mythological stories to create a visual form. The dancer emotes and performs complex dance sequences to ancient epics and poems written on Hindu Gods and Goddesses such as Krishna, Radha, Shiva set to a uniquely composed melody and rhythm. In Hindu mythology it is believed that Shiva, the cosmic dancer or Natraja destroys evil and maintains the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution of the Universe through his dance or Tandava.http://www.malachite-arts.com/

INSURGO STAGE PROJECT (Theatrically Motivated Dance)
Insurgo Stage Project is a theatrically motivated dance company that strives to redefine the constructs of the stage and re-imagine the relationship between audience and performer. Using real-life experiences and stories from the ensemble and the audience, Insurgo invents collaborative work that reflects individual and collective human experiences contextualized in a contemporary social sphere.http://www.insurgo.org/http://insurgostageproject.wordpress.com/

CUDA (Breakdancing)
The Community for Urban Dance & Art (CUDA) is a non-profit organization designed for the educational purpose of providing a positive and creative outlet for inner-city youth to practice and showcase diverse art forms founded in the urban culture. With the goal to stimulate a young person's talents, enhance self-confidence, personal growth, and appreciation for the visual and performing arts, CUDA has teamed up with diverse groups of artists, musicians, dancers and community leaders to make great programs and workshops available for the youth of Hudson County and surrounding areas. We also aim to emphasize and develop skills in self-discipline, teamwork, leadership skills, decision making skills, appreciation of multicultural differences, and community service. With your individual help and support, together we can make our own communities thrive by providing more opportunities for our young people to reach their highest potential.http://www.cudaculture.org/https://www.facebook.com/pages/CUDA-Culture-Community-for-Urban-Dance-Art/222171451148511?sk=wall

CHELO MERCADO (POI)
Relatively new to Jersey City, Chelo has had a crash course in the art scene. Since 1999, he has managed and created a number of non-profit community outreach family and service programs. Recently, Chelo has spear-headed a local artistic neighborhood improvement/service providing facility called Grassroots Community Space. “Grassroots” is the home of a multitude of diverse holistic, artistic and educational programs.
Inspired by the surge of electric artistic energy from his relatively new home of Jersey City, and the neighboring New York City, Chelo and his wife Sirena have recently formed a multifaceted entertainment company called, Sirelo Entertainment. His ventures have allowed him to meld his learnings in a way that improves him and ultimately those around him. Chelo currently holds degrees in Psychology, Exercise Science and Humanities. He is a creator, dancer, percussionist, fire spinner and much more…http://chelomercado.com/http://grassrootscommunityspace.com/http://dtlive.org/

JIMMY LOPEZ (Live Percussion)
A musician, educator, composer, producer, collaborator, and recording artist specializing in exotic world percussion instruments, electronic percussion, digital effect processors, and live looping devices. Also known to be a vocalist in various genres of music, mimicking pop to jazz, avant garde, classical, heavy metal, and all the way to primal_indigenous vocal styles. His global ethnic explorations, and diversified electronic skills, make him a very creative musician. born with a highly energetic and creative spirit, he is considered the percussionist of choice for many artists, and has recorded and toured regularly with popular musicians and groups. "On stage i can build a unique and innovative sound by mixing all this technological equipment with my own live acoustic percussion at the same time"---Jimmy Lopez ...www.facebook.com/jimmylopezWST www.mixcloud.com.worldsoundtraveler
jbert52@hotmail.comwww.youtube.com/worldsoundtraveler

THE ARTISTS' LAB (Swing Dancing)
Joe Palmer (dancer, teacher & choreographer) and Catherine Schmetter (fine artist & apparel designer) formed
The Artists’ Lab; a welcoming environment dedicated to creative exploration, collaboration and inspiration. “The Lab” offers a forum in which artists and designers can showcase work, interact, and market their products. In addition to individual creative pursuits our artists extend their knowledge and love of art to the community through classes, workshops and social events including gallery openings, dances and performances. We feature artists from various genres: dancers, painters, potters, jewelry makers, musicians, industrial designers, set designers, photographers, and apparel designers.

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Dear Fish,Just caught up on a Google Alert from 3/9 & saw that you mentioned us for Lucky7s that night. It was an absolute cracker of a night - I ended up on the bar & we had the place grinning from ear to ear. It was one of the best shows of our 1st US tours in terms of fun!

Thanks so much for mentioning us. Really appreciated.We're coming back to the US in September & it's always good to know that someone has seen the name before (they may not remember it, but it could be buried somewhere down in someone's psyche!).

Much appreciated.- MaxThe On Fires (Australia)

12/2/2010It's making me nostalgic. I miss Lucky 7s!!

I'm hoping we'll be back in April for the 3rd time at that wonderful little bar. We're back in Australia now (& it's summer; yay!).

Just wanted you to know your blog gets read all over the world!Best, - Max